Thematic Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon Fic List!
This is a list of all the Buffy/Daryl fics I've been able to find, both het and gen. It is not a rec list, and I make no guarantees on quality or grammar/spelling.
01.
Title: Some Things You Can't Disguise (AO3, DW, FF.net, LJ, TtH) by JediButtercup.
WC / Year: 2, 200 // 2012.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Pairing: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST.
Labels: Crossover, AU, fluffy, angst.
Timeline: BtVS: post-series / TWD: between season 2 and 3.
Summary: She looked kind of like a pixie, in snug worn shorts with a pale green sleeveless tee and her golden hair cut short like a halo, but her green eyes were sharp and dangerous. Daryl didn't know what Buffy'd done before she'd come to them, but he surely knew a predator when he saw one.
02.
Title: His Brains, Her Steel, Their Strength (AO3, FF.net, LJ, TtH) by JediButtercup.
WC / Year: 2, 100 // 2013.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers, Daryl Dixon.
Labels: Crossover, AU.
Timeline: BtVS: post-series / TWD: between season 3 and 4.
Summary: Daryl hadn't been very impressed with her, at first: a tiny little blonde who maybe came up to his chin. Had to be pure luck she'd even survived long enough to be found.
03.
Title: Sexual Tension (AO3, FF.net) by Steph_Rob94 aka Steph2009.
WC / Year: 578 // 2015.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Pairing: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST.
Labels: Crossover, AU, fluffy, flirting.
Timeline: BtVS: (presumably) post-series / TWD: Unknown.
Summary: After a rather cheeky statement from Daryl, Buffy is forced to acknowledge that their close friendship has developed to something else. Something ten times more dangerous.
04.
Title: Checking For Scratches (AO3, FF.net) by Steph_Rob94 aka Steph2009.
WC / Year: 2, 070 // 2015.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Pairing: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST, Dawn Summers/Carl Grimes UST.
Labels: Crossover, AU, fluffy, flirting.
Timeline: BtVS: (presumably) post-series / TWD: Unknown, but presumably at some point before the end of season 5.
Summary: Carl & Dawn started; her voice barely a whisper in the still of night, what are you doing?
05.
Title: Living with the Walking Dead (TtH) by Deesse.
WC / Year: 59,361 (WiP, abandoned) // 2012-2013.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon, Rick Grimes/Lori Grimes, Carol Peletier/Ed Peletier, Buffy Summers/Rick Grimes UST, Merle Dixon/Buffy Summers UST, one-sided Shane Walsh/Lori Grimes, Glenn Rhee, Andrea, Morales, Jacqui, Carl Grimes.
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, death by zombies, zombie killings, attempted rape, non-graphic suicide.
Timeline: BtVS: S04 / TWD: S01-02.
Summary: After the zombie apocalypse, Buffy has no trouble at all surviving in the new world;but can she live in it?
06.
Title: Crossbows and Scars (TtH, FF.net) by WatchMeFly aka McMannusDixon.
WC / Year: 89, 691 (WiP, abandoned) // 2013-2014.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon, Rick Grimes/Lori Grimes, Glenn Rhee/Maggie Greene, Sophia Peletier, Andrea, Carl Grimes, Carol Peletier, Hershel Greene.
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, death by zombies, zombie killings, kid!fic.
Timeline: BtVS: post series / TWD: S01-03.
Summary: Buffy ends up with Rick's group and an unconventional romance begins to bloom.
07.
Title: Bottom of the River (TtH) by jezaeiri
WC / Year: 57,276 (WiP, abandoned) // 2015.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST, Rick Grimes/Lori Grimes, Faith Lehane/Charles Gunn, Glenn Rhee/Maggie Greene, Dawn Summers, Connor Angel, Sophia Peletier, Carl Grimes, Hershel Greene, OC children.
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, death by zombies, zombie killings, kid!fic.
Timeline: BtVS: post series / TWD: S02-03.
Summary: Sometimes we can't save ourselves. And maybe that's the most important lesson at the end of the world.
08.
Title: The Wolves At Our Backs (TtH, FF.net, AO3, WDFF) by Angelinasway
WC / Year: 41, 595 [as of chapter 10] (WiP) // 2015-2016.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST, Rick Grimes/Lori Grimes, Glenn Rhee/Maggie Greene, one-sided Shane Walsh/Lori Grimes, Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne, Faith Lehane, Dawn Summers, Carl Grimes, Hershel Greene, Willow Rosenberg, Whistler, Sophia Peletier.
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, death by zombies, zombie killings, PTSD.
Timeline: BtVS: post series / TWD: S01-02.
Summary: When the world ends, what do we have left to do but fight. You can't save everyone, but maybe its the ones you can save that really matter.
09.
Title: Food Fight (AO3) by PPRFaith.
WC / Year: 10, 546 // 2015.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters:Buffy Summers, Xander Harris, Daryl Dixon, Rick Grimes, Carl Grimes, Beth Greene. .
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, zombie killings, non-graphic suicide.
Timeline: BtVS: post series / TWD: post S02.
Summary: Five times Buffy Summers and Daryl Dixon fought about food and one time they sort of didn't.
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Created on May 22nd, 2016.
Updated: June 6th, 2016.
If you know of any other fics with Buffy/Daryl - het, UST, or gen focusing on those two, then please leave a comment or PM me with the name of the fic, a link to the story, and the summary. Thanks in advance!
01.
Title: Some Things You Can't Disguise (AO3, DW, FF.net, LJ, TtH) by JediButtercup.
WC / Year: 2, 200 // 2012.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Pairing: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST.
Labels: Crossover, AU, fluffy, angst.
Timeline: BtVS: post-series / TWD: between season 2 and 3.
Summary: She looked kind of like a pixie, in snug worn shorts with a pale green sleeveless tee and her golden hair cut short like a halo, but her green eyes were sharp and dangerous. Daryl didn't know what Buffy'd done before she'd come to them, but he surely knew a predator when he saw one.
02.
Title: His Brains, Her Steel, Their Strength (AO3, FF.net, LJ, TtH) by JediButtercup.
WC / Year: 2, 100 // 2013.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers, Daryl Dixon.
Labels: Crossover, AU.
Timeline: BtVS: post-series / TWD: between season 3 and 4.
Summary: Daryl hadn't been very impressed with her, at first: a tiny little blonde who maybe came up to his chin. Had to be pure luck she'd even survived long enough to be found.
03.
Title: Sexual Tension (AO3, FF.net) by Steph_Rob94 aka Steph2009.
WC / Year: 578 // 2015.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Pairing: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST.
Labels: Crossover, AU, fluffy, flirting.
Timeline: BtVS: (presumably) post-series / TWD: Unknown.
Summary: After a rather cheeky statement from Daryl, Buffy is forced to acknowledge that their close friendship has developed to something else. Something ten times more dangerous.
04.
Title: Checking For Scratches (AO3, FF.net) by Steph_Rob94 aka Steph2009.
WC / Year: 2, 070 // 2015.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Pairing: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST, Dawn Summers/Carl Grimes UST.
Labels: Crossover, AU, fluffy, flirting.
Timeline: BtVS: (presumably) post-series / TWD: Unknown, but presumably at some point before the end of season 5.
Summary: Carl & Dawn started; her voice barely a whisper in the still of night, what are you doing?
05.
Title: Living with the Walking Dead (TtH) by Deesse.
WC / Year: 59,361 (WiP, abandoned) // 2012-2013.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon, Rick Grimes/Lori Grimes, Carol Peletier/Ed Peletier, Buffy Summers/Rick Grimes UST, Merle Dixon/Buffy Summers UST, one-sided Shane Walsh/Lori Grimes, Glenn Rhee, Andrea, Morales, Jacqui, Carl Grimes.
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, death by zombies, zombie killings, attempted rape, non-graphic suicide.
Timeline: BtVS: S04 / TWD: S01-02.
Summary: After the zombie apocalypse, Buffy has no trouble at all surviving in the new world;but can she live in it?
06.
Title: Crossbows and Scars (TtH, FF.net) by WatchMeFly aka McMannusDixon.
WC / Year: 89, 691 (WiP, abandoned) // 2013-2014.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon, Rick Grimes/Lori Grimes, Glenn Rhee/Maggie Greene, Sophia Peletier, Andrea, Carl Grimes, Carol Peletier, Hershel Greene.
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, death by zombies, zombie killings, kid!fic.
Timeline: BtVS: post series / TWD: S01-03.
Summary: Buffy ends up with Rick's group and an unconventional romance begins to bloom.
07.
Title: Bottom of the River (TtH) by jezaeiri
WC / Year: 57,276 (WiP, abandoned) // 2015.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST, Rick Grimes/Lori Grimes, Faith Lehane/Charles Gunn, Glenn Rhee/Maggie Greene, Dawn Summers, Connor Angel, Sophia Peletier, Carl Grimes, Hershel Greene, OC children.
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, death by zombies, zombie killings, kid!fic.
Timeline: BtVS: post series / TWD: S02-03.
Summary: Sometimes we can't save ourselves. And maybe that's the most important lesson at the end of the world.
08.
Title: The Wolves At Our Backs (TtH, FF.net, AO3, WDFF) by Angelinasway
WC / Year: 41, 595 [as of chapter 10] (WiP) // 2015-2016.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters: Buffy Summers/Daryl Dixon UST, Rick Grimes/Lori Grimes, Glenn Rhee/Maggie Greene, one-sided Shane Walsh/Lori Grimes, Daniel 'Oz' Osbourne, Faith Lehane, Dawn Summers, Carl Grimes, Hershel Greene, Willow Rosenberg, Whistler, Sophia Peletier.
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, death by zombies, zombie killings, PTSD.
Timeline: BtVS: post series / TWD: S01-02.
Summary: When the world ends, what do we have left to do but fight. You can't save everyone, but maybe its the ones you can save that really matter.
09.
Title: Food Fight (AO3) by PPRFaith.
WC / Year: 10, 546 // 2015.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer / The Walking Dead (TV).
Characters:Buffy Summers, Xander Harris, Daryl Dixon, Rick Grimes, Carl Grimes, Beth Greene. .
Labels: Crossover, AU, angst, action/adventure, zombie killings, non-graphic suicide.
Timeline: BtVS: post series / TWD: post S02.
Summary: Five times Buffy Summers and Daryl Dixon fought about food and one time they sort of didn't.
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Created on May 22nd, 2016.
Updated: June 6th, 2016.
If you know of any other fics with Buffy/Daryl - het, UST, or gen focusing on those two, then please leave a comment or PM me with the name of the fic, a link to the story, and the summary. Thanks in advance!